Heres the deal 6 +years experience of teaching in China at middle school and college age level, and 1 year teaching the gulf at uni age level. Fluent in mandarin and keen to learn. Have degree, will travel.

Well I sure hope so, because I'm arriving in 6 days, and I only have 5 months teaching experience with a TEFL, can only speak the most basic mandarin greetings. With your experience I think you could make it anywhere.

I think it's do-able, but it's unlikely you'll start any employment until after Chinese New Year. In terms of looking for work, now is a fine time, and everything should be back to "normal" after the lunar holidays. Word of warning, however - times ain't what they used to be, and although there are jobs out there, they aren't as plentiful nor as high-paying as they used to be. Taiwan is a great place to live, though, so I wish you luck! Let us know how things turn out for you!

You have experience abroad and will probably come across as a body who knows what he's doing.

I think You'll do fine.

Outside of Taipei and maybe Taichung (though you can find jobs there), my experience has been this is a land of milk and honey. I went job hunting in 2010 and out of maybe ten places I interviewed, all offered me a job, and all but one were 60k or more for 24 or less teaching hours a week.... three were for 65. Try Bade, Dasi, Sansia.....